All Hungry Horse articles – Page 3
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Prime time for pubs in Q1
Pub restaurants were the most frequently visited channel in the eating out sector, despite a fall in the proportion of consumers visiting the channel overall, MCA analysis has found.
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Analyst corner: Four key challenges for Greene King
Leading analyst Simon French, of Cenkos, has said he sees little scope for progress at Greene King in the short-term.
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Analysis & Insight
Five Guys the most popular fast food chain
Five Guys has been ranked the UK’s most popular fast food chain for the second year running
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Analysis & InsightPub brands ring changes on regional menu pricing
MCA’s Menu Tracker has given Steve Gotham the opportunity to look at the latest menu releases by top leading pub chains Hungry Horse and JD Wetherspoon
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NewsGK starts rebrand of Eating Inn to Goodwin’s
Greene King is trialing a rebrand of its Eating Inn estate, called Goodwin’s Bar & Kitchen, MCA understands.
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GK managed lfls up 1.1%
Greene King saw like-for-likes sales in its managed Pub Company grow 1.1% in the 40 weeks to 5 February.
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Analysis & InsightCustomer service stars of 2016
MCA director of insight, Steve Gotham, looks at which operators topped the league tables for friendly and speedy service during 2016 and what lessons we can learn from their success.
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GK partners with Coca-Cola for designated driver offer
More than 1,000 of Greene King pubs will be taking part in the annual Christmas anti-drink drive campaign with Coca-Cola, by offering nominated drivers a free soft drink. All drivers who are eating a main meal in pubs across the UK, including Hungry Horse, Fayre & Square and Greene King ...
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NewsGK: Conversion timetable; new builds; cost and delivery
MCA speaks to Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand on the back of the group’s half-year results yesterday.
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GK H1 sales over £1bn for first time
Greene King has seen total revenue for its half-year grow above £1bn for the first time.
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Operators prepare for Black Friday sales surge
Operators are preparing to cash-in on this year’s Black Friday shopping spree
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Analysis & InsightScores on the doors
The latest data from MCA’s comprehensive Eating Out Panel has revealed a strong showing for pub companies, outperforming their restaurant counterparts in terms of net promoter scores throughout the day. MCA’s director of insight, Steve Gotham, looks at some of the reasons the Great British pub is still resonating so strongly with consumers.
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Analysis & Insight
Hungry Horse gains visit share as JDW form dips
Greene King is seeing dividends from its investment in Hungry Horse, MCA’s latest Pub Brand Monitor has shown, as JD Wetherspoon loses share at key dayparts.
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US fund pulled out of deal for GK package
A US investment fund pulled out of a deal to acquire the majority of the c90 pubs, which Greene King placed on the market earlier this summer
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Barnfather: GK well-placed to tackle headwinds
Leading analyst Anna Barnfather, at Panmure Gordon, has said Greene King is well placed to tackle inflationary headwinds.
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NewsGK: Brand conversions; tenanted innovation; internationalisation
Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand talks to MCA about his strategy for ensuring that Greene King is “Britain’s best pub company”.
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NewsGK managed lfls up 1.5% in ‘transformational’ FY
Greene King has reported like-for-like sales in its managed division up 1.5% for the year to 1 May with Pub Partners’ like-for-like income up 2.7%.
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OpinionPubco Galacticos know it’s all to play for
The pub sector is emerging from a period of significant transition with difficult decisions taken by some of the biggest players in the sector on the fundamental nature of their businesses. The work on the training ground has now been completed and it is time for the sector to deliver results. In June MCA introduces a brand new event – THE Pub Conference – in which these themes will be discussed by the Pubco Galacticos – Greene King’s Rooney Anand; Enterprise Inns’ Simon Townsend; Punch’s Duncan Garrood and Marston’s Ralph Findlay. Here MCA examines the opportunities and challenges facing each, and what it means for the eating and drinking out sector.
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Analysis & InsightWhat goes up…
So current rent levels are unsustainable but are we heading for a recalibration? According to the latest insight, our high street sandwiches and coffees are full of salt and sugar respectively, but does the sector wait for Government target setting on health issues or make the first move itself and why new M&B chief executive Phil Urban looks like he is getting to the heart of the matter
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NewsGK launches pizza offer at Hungry Horse
Greene King is evolving the Hungry Horse brand with the introduction of a pizza offer at one of its sites, M&C understands.